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Comment on How to make the MacBook Air SuperDrive work with any Mac (El Capitan onwards) by Christopher Kueny https://hardturm.ch/luz/2016/07/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac-el-capitan-onwards/comment-page-2/#comment-165924
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 06:44:28 +0000http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/?p=377#comment-165924As I commented earlier, this solution saved me a while back, but it seems that Apple sabotaged my 2012 Macbook Pro at a deeper level with the Mojave update. If anyone has suggestions for Mojave beyond what was originally suggested, I would be very grateful!
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Comment on How to make the MacBook Air SuperDrive work with any Mac (El Capitan onwards) by Louis https://hardturm.ch/luz/2016/07/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac-el-capitan-onwards/comment-page-2/#comment-163853
Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:17:40 +0000http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/?p=377#comment-163853this was the best solution for me Jim! My macbook pro late 2011 is working with a 2008 superdrive.
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Comment on How to make the MacBook Air SuperDrive work with any Mac (El Capitan onwards) by Mel Stotyn https://hardturm.ch/luz/2016/07/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac-el-capitan-onwards/comment-page-2/#comment-162995
Sat, 01 Sep 2018 23:49:40 +0000http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/?p=377#comment-162995I have MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) running macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.6 (17G65)

My SuperDrive works fine if it is plugged in before I boot; not if plugged in after boot.

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Comment on How to make the MacBook Air SuperDrive work with any Mac (El Capitan onwards) by Tytechan https://hardturm.ch/luz/2016/07/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac-el-capitan-onwards/comment-page-2/#comment-162918
Sun, 26 Aug 2018 08:37:47 +0000http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/?p=377#comment-162918I’m a baby boomer so please help me out. I’ve tried all the above suggestions without success. Question for you who might know. In the directions above, am I supposed to hit “Enter” after every step, after some steps, or after the end step? I’ve never done this before.
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Comment on How to make the MacBook Air SuperDrive work with any Mac (El Capitan onwards) by luz https://hardturm.ch/luz/2016/07/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac-el-capitan-onwards/comment-page-2/#comment-162638
Sun, 05 Aug 2018 20:42:26 +0000http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/?p=377#comment-162638Interesting, indeed! Thanks for reporting.
PS: Assuming you meant to type 2011, not 2001 :-)
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Comment on How to make the MacBook Air SuperDrive work with any Mac (El Capitan onwards) by rpt https://hardturm.ch/luz/2016/07/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac-el-capitan-onwards/comment-page-2/#comment-162637
Sun, 05 Aug 2018 19:51:23 +0000http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/?p=377#comment-162637OK, so this drove me out of my mind with an early-2001 MBP 13″ for which the internal drive was no longer working. I added the mbasd=1 string using the method suggested by Jim Stiles (Nov 4 2017) above, but still it would not work. I was about to try the ‘nvram boot-args=”mbasd=1″’ command, when I saw ‘Update to latest OS’ in the instructions for the Superdrive. Since I was still one minor High-Sierra update behind I figured: what if I upgrade with the drive on the USB port, perhaps it will see it etc. Lo and behold: it worked. Perhaps just coincidence but thought I’d report it here.
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Comment on How to make the MacBook Air SuperDrive work with any Mac by Craig https://hardturm.ch/luz/2011/10/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac/comment-page-16/#comment-161756
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:51:44 +0000http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/?p=178#comment-161756Hi

I have just purchased a USB SuperDrive and am having similar issues. I MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015) running on High Sierra 10.13.4. I have tried to follow Luz’s really helpful instructions, but it immediately asks for a password and then says: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist: Operation not permitted. I am a total novice at all this, hence not sure if I’ve done something wrong?

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Comment on How to make the MacBook Air SuperDrive work with any Mac (El Capitan onwards) by Antonella Francesca https://hardturm.ch/luz/2016/07/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac-el-capitan-onwards/comment-page-2/#comment-161314
Wed, 23 May 2018 20:06:18 +0000http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/?p=377#comment-161314After typing he first string I get “command not recognized.”
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Comment on How to make the MacBook Air SuperDrive work with any Mac by L. Martines https://hardturm.ch/luz/2011/10/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac/comment-page-16/#comment-161051
Fri, 11 May 2018 21:42:05 +0000http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/?p=178#comment-161051chiming in to say thank you. 2006 mac mini, 4 gb ram, 10.6.8 (w/2016 update). just follow the directions exactly, no space after mbasd=1. upon restart drive will appear in the disk utility ready to be used!
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Comment on How to make the MacBook Air SuperDrive work with any Mac (El Capitan onwards) by luz https://hardturm.ch/luz/2016/07/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac-el-capitan-onwards/comment-page-2/#comment-159733
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:18:50 +0000http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/?p=377#comment-159733No, the MBP 2016 does not need any hacks to use the superdrive. The tricks described in this post don’t apply to macs that were sold without a built-in optical drive (i.e. pretty every model after 2012).

But the superdrive needs more power than a regular USB port can supply. So it depends on the hub or adapter, whether its ports can supply extra power beyond what the USB specification demands. Apple’s laptops all have such extra power ports, but only some USB hubs and adapters have them. Apple’s simple USB-C to USB-A adapter works well to connect the Superdrive directly to my MBP 2016, but also cheap Chinese (DodoCool) adapters work fine for me.